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DESCRIPTION:Be A Hero activist, Ady Barkan, died in November from complications of ALS. 
 While he was alive, Ady inspired millions of people to join the fight to 
 make America’s health care system more just, equitable and humane - 
 Health Care for All. \n\nBe A Hero was formed after Ady Barkan—an 
 advocate for social, economic, and racial justice— was diagnosed with ALS 
 in 2016 and found himself thrust into a battle to save the Affordable Care 
 Act, while fighting for his own access to health care. Ady co-founded the 
 organization in 2018 to advance the idea that here in the richest country 
 in the world (and everywhere) health care should be a human right 
 guaranteed to all—not a privilege reserved for the wealthy few.\n\nA 
 livestream of Ady's memorial will be on Sunday, January 14 at 6pm ET / 3pm 
 PT.  The memorial will be an opportunity for us to gather as a community to 
 remember and celebrate Ady's extraordinary contributions to our 
 movement.\n\nJoin us for this special gathering to celebrate the life and 
 work of Ady Barkan.\n\n\nREMEMBERING ADY\n\nAdy Barkan was a lifelong 
 organizer and campaigner, who Politico deemed “the most powerful activist 
 in America.” Over his career, Ady specialized in bringing policy makers 
 face to face with the people whose lives their decisions shape, and 
 generating public attention and political pressure out of those 
 confrontations.\n\nSince 2017, Ady’s work focused on health care, 
 marshaling his own paralysis from A.L.S. to urge Americans to demand more 
 of our government. Ady was listed as one of TIME’s 100 most influential 
 people of 2020. In September, he received the Freedom from Want award from 
 the Roosevelt Institute in recognition of his unapologetic work fighting 
 for freedom from economic want and for a more just health care system in 
 the United States.\n\nAdy earned his juris doctorate from Yale Law School 
 and lived in Santa Barbara, CA with his wife Rachael King and their two 
 children Carl and Willow. Up until his death, Ady worked as the founder and 
 Co-Executive Director of Be A Hero. His story is told in the documentary 
 “Not Going Quietly.”\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/10/18861815.php
SUMMARY:Be A Hero: Memorial for Ady Barkan, Activist Health Care for All & Disability Rights
LOCATION:Virtual remembrance \n\nRSVP: https://rememberingady.com/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/10/18861815.php
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